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Deception in Research on the Placebo Effect
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A common feature of research investigating the placebo effect is deception of research participants about the nature of the research. Miller and colleagues examine the ethical issues surrounding such deception.
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- Authors
- Miller, F. G., Wendler, D., & Swartzman, L. C.
- Venue
- PLoS Medicine
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2005-09-06
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- e262
- ISSN
- 1549-1277 (ISSN-L)
- 1549-1676
- OpenAlex
- W1967534107
- Cited by
- 168
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 2.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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